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How will SuShi protect the FCC?

A new shield septum magnet is being developed to protect the FCC machine from the beam’s extremely high energy

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01 June, 2017
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01 June, 2017

CERN is keeping its ear to the ground

CERN has set up three seismic monitoring stations to listen to the earth’s vibrations and their impact on the LHC

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25 April, 2017
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25 April, 2017

EYETS report: a cool preparation for the LHC

The re-filling of the arcs with liquid helium started last week, and the LHC is gradually being prepared for electrical tests at the end of the month

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28 March, 2017
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28 March, 2017

Using a crystal to extract beam?

A new slow-extraction technique using a silicon crystal aims to reduce beam losses by a factor of four

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Engineering
15 February, 2017
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15 February, 2017

CERN develops cryogenic safety tool

Some 120 experts in cryogenic safety met at CERN for the first Cryogenic Safety Seminar. Their discussions included Kryolize, a new CERN technology

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Engineering
14 November, 2016
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14 November, 2016

Once upon a time, there was a superconducting niobium-tin...

The production of the new niobium-tin cables for the high-performance superconducting magnets of the HL-LHC is now in full swing at CERN

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Engineering
25 July, 2016

New furnace a step towards future collider development

A new tool for building superconducting magnet coils for High-Luminosity LHC and future particle accelerators arrives at CERN

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Engineering
18 July, 2016

Vacuum chambers full of ideas for the Swedish synchrotron

CERN’s Vacuum, Surfaces and Coatings group has contributed to the development of vacuum chambers for MAX IV, the new synchrotron in Sweden

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Engineering
25 June, 2016

Repairs ongoing on electrical installations at CERN

The LHC went into standby on Friday last week following an electrical perturbation at point 8, caused by a small animal

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Engineering
02 May, 2016

“Shape memory” material provides a solution for the HL-LHC

A new connection device for vacuum chambers based on Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) rings has been developed for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC)

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Engineering
08 April, 2016